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Number   :  3917
Date     :  2003-03-05
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: XXCOPY16 and Directory Cloning
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "agentxxl52"  wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm a relatively new user of XXCOPY and have a small
> problem. I have a bunch of data on magneto-optical drive
> that I want to transfer to Jaz and eventually to CD. The
> data is stored on the MO cartridges in dated directories,
> with a directory name in the form of P00xxx (eg. P00001,
> P00002, etc). Due to breakdowns on the analyzer that 
> generates the data, there are gaps in these directories,
> and sometimes a directory name such as P00112 will have
> been created after a directory such as P00120. The only
> way I currently have to sort the directories in chronological
> order is by directory creation date. A second issue is
> the machine attached to that analyzer with the last working
> MO drive is a DOS 5.0 machine.
> 
> Here is my dilemma: I want to copy the directories from
> the MO cartridges, preserving the source directory creation
> date. I may be misunderstanding that XXCopy can handle this
> task, but it appears that the command XXCOPY src dest 
> /CLONE/TC is supposed to preserve the source directory
> (and file) dates. I have tried this with XXCOPY16
> (since this is a DOS machine) and although the file
> dates were preserved, the directory date was not. I've
> looked through the massive number of switches and can't
> seem to come up with a combination that works.
> 
> Can XXCOPY16 do this for me? If so, I will be recommending
> a purchase of the Pro version to my supervisor ASAP. Thanks
> in advance for the replies!


Kan might need to confirm this as I can't fully test the operation in 
DOS at the moment but I'm pretty sure you can do it in a 2 step 
process.

The first step is to create only the directory structure so that the 
timestamp preservation switches are applied to the directories.

xxcopy16 src dest /T/TCC ::/TCC=copy source creation timestamp

Then do your /CLONE operation. Since the directories already exist, 
the timestamp will remain unchanged.

Garry



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